Miscellaneous questions Flashcards
What is one limitation when filing a random RNAV route on an IFR flight plan?
- The entire route must be within radar environment
For turbulence avoidance, you would do well to avoid areas:
- Where the horizontal wind shear exceeds 40kts per 150 miles
TIME TO ALTERNATE through to completing the approach?
Figure 52 L
330 nm
330 nm = LOW
When the approach involves a procedure turn the maximum speed that should be observed from first overheading the course reversal IAF through the procedure turn?
- 200 knots IAS
What is the minimum glycol content of Type 2 deicing/anti-icing fluid?
- 50 percent
ATC clears you to taxi to RWY 28L for a takeoff that will follow a B-737 landing on RWY 28R. The winds are 350/5. You know that
- The northerly crosswinds will blow the vortices safely to the southeast
(Runway 28R starts before 28L, the landing vortices won’t affect 28L)
An airport “hot spot” is
An area of increased risk
An increase in airspeed following a decrease in control effectiveness may result in
Decrease in downwash on the horizontal tail resulting in tuck under
(talking about an increase in airspeed close to Mcrit)
What is the advantage of HIRL or MIRL on an instrument runway as compared to a VFR only qualified runway light system?
Amber lights replace white on the last 2,000 feet of the runway for a caution zone
(don’t confuse with centreline lights)
What is the lowest Category IIIA minimum?
RVR 700 feet
Convective SIGMETs are issued for a line of thunderstorms at least
60 miles long with thunderstorms affecting 40 percent of its length
(60/40)
In normal cruise speed range, the propulsive efficiency of a turboprop
Increases as speed DECREASES
When a speed adjustment is necessary to maintain separation, what minimum speed may ATC request of a turbine-powered aircraft operating below 10,000 feet?
210 knots
Downdrafts in a thunderstorm may exceed
24 knots
When flying in high level cirriform cloud, you know clear air turbulence is
likely in the clouds
Storm gust fronts often move as much as
15 miles ahead of the associated precipitation
The white ‘D’ in a black box under the frequencies section of the airport diagram indicates
Runway declared distance information is available
Under 14 CFR 121, a required flightcrew member of an unaugmented two-pilot flag operation may not exceed how many DUTY hours in a calendar month period?
100 hours
Flightcrew members must receive fatigue education and awareness training **
Annually for flightcrew member schedulers, operational control individuals and flightcrew members and dispatchers
If a visual descent point (VDP) is published on a GPS approach, it
Will not be included in the sequence of waypoints
What are the minimums for the ILS RWY 9L approach at PHL in your CAT C turbine-powered airplane (no MEL items?)
440 feet
Question is actually referring to LANDI mins
When saturated air moves downhill, it’s temperature increases
At a SLOWER rate than dry air because vaporisation uses heat.
For an airplane with a relatively low thrust to weight ratio, a 10% increase in takeoff gross weight would result in a takeoff distance increase if approximately
25 to 30% or MORE
(Figure 175) Four airways (V298, V25, V448 and V204) near YKM have a series of dots that overlay the airway. What do these dots indicate?
That the airways penetrate a Prohibited and Restricted Airspace.
Which component associated with the ILS is identified by the first two letters of the localizer identification group?
Outer compass locator
A typical takeoff error is
Premature rotation degrades takeoff performance due to increased induced drag
Which IFR fix(es) should be entered on a composite flight plan?
The fix where the IFR portion is to be terminated
What is the result when water vapor changes to the liquid state while being lifted in a thunderstorm?
Latent heat is released to the atmosphere
What is a definition of ‘severe wind shear’?
Any rapid change in wind direction or velocity which causes airspeed changes GREATER than 15 knots
UNREL
The predicted level of service, within the time parameters of the NOTAM, may no support LPV approaches.
The maximum flight time in 24 consecutive hours that a flag air carrier may schedule a pilot in an unaugmented two-pilot crew without a rest period that must report for duty is
8 hours
‘Window of circadian low’ means a period of maximum
Sleepiness that occurs between 0200 and 0559 during physiological night
What action is recommended if jetstream turbulence is encountered with a direct headwind or tailwind?
Change altitude or course to avoid a possible elongated turbulent area
An aircraft certificate holder is required to make immediate notification to the NTSB when
MORE than 50% of the total cockpit displays are lost
Convective SIGMETs are issued for severe thunderstorms
**
occurring for more than 30 minutes of the valid period
The minimum weather conditions that must exist for an airport to be listed as an alternate in the dispatch release for a domestic air carrier flight are
those specified in the certificate holder’s OPERATIONS SPECIFICATIONS for that airport, when the flight arrives
Within how many days must the operator of an aircraft involved in an accident file a report to the NTSB?
10 days.
Runway centerline lights on an instrument runway are all white until the
Last 3000 feet of the runway length.
What is the total time from starting to the ALTERNATE through completing the approach for operating conditions L-2?
190 nm = HIGH
Doppler wind measurements indicate that the windspeed change a pilot may expect when flying through the peak intensity of a microburst is approximately
45 knots
The “age 65 rule” of FAR Part 121 applies to
any required pilot crewmember
An alternate airport is not required to dispatch a flag air carrier airplane for a flight of less than 6 hours when the visibility for at least 1 hour before and 1 hour after the ETA at the destination airport is forecast to be
at least 3 miles, or 2 miles more than the lowest applicable minimum
How should an off-airway direct flight be defined on an IFR flight plan?
All radio fixes over which the flight will pass
A domestic or flag air carrier shall keep copies of the flight plans, dispatch releases, and load manifests for at least
3 months
90 DAYS
Which procedure increases holding time when deicing/anti-icing an airplane using a two-step process?
Heated type 1 fluid following by cold Type 2
(hot 1, cold 2)her
The fuel reserve required for a turbine-engine-powered (other than turbo-propeller) supplemental air carrier airplane upon arrival over the most distant alternate airport outside the 48 contiguous United States is
30 minutes at holding speed, at 1,500 feet AGL over the airport
At what speed does drag divergence occur relative to the critical Mach number?
5-10 percent higher.
Downdrafts in thunderstorms can be expected to exceed
2,500 feet per minute.
What information must the pilot in command of a supplemental air carrier flight or commercial operator carry to the destination airport?
copy of the flight plan.
Which altitude (box 2) is applicable to the base of the outer circle (now called the shelf area)?
(Class C airspace)
1,200 feet AGL
GBAS approaches provide for:
Note: GBAS is the ICAO term for Local Area Augmentation System
PRECISION navigation alignment and descent of aircraft to a runway.
How does the minimum landing distance increase if the airplane landing weight increased by 10%?
10%
A Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO) clearance, that the pilot accepts:
Does not preclude a rejected landing
preclude = prevent
Vertical wind shear can be determined by comparing winds on vertically adjacent constant pressure charts. The vertical wind shear that is critical for probability of turbulence is:
6 knots per 1,000 feet.
‘Drag divergence’ usually occurs
5% to 10% above the critical Mach number.
What information is provided by a Convective Outlook (AC)? **
It provides prospects of both general and severe thunderstorm activity during the following 24 hours.
A rule of thumb states that a 1,000 foot increase in density altitude for a turbojet with a low thrust-to-weight ratio will cause a takeoff distance increase of
10%.
The increase in specific range with altitude of the turbojet airplane can be attributed to three factors. One of those is
Increased engine turbine RPM producing more thrust.
High clouds are considered to be the clouds between
16,500 - 45,000 feet.
The Hazardous Inflight Weather Advisory Service (HIWAS) is a continuous broadcast over selected VORs of
SIGMETs, CONVECTIVE SIGMETs, AIRMETs, Severe Weather Forecast Alerts (AWW), and Center Weather Advisories (CWA).
Under 14 CFR 121, a required flightcrew member of an unaugmented two-pilot flag operation may not exceed how many hours duty in a seven consecutive day period?
32.
Maximum turbulence potential charts (GTG-2) are issued
hourly.
(Refer to appendix 2, figure 126.) Which altitude (box 2) is applicable to the base of the outer circle (now called shelf area)?
1,200 feet AGL.
For the purpose of testing the flight recorder system,
a total of 1 hour of the oldest recorded data accumulated at the time of testing may be erased.
All ATC facilities using Radar Weather processors with the ability to determine precipitation intensity will describe the intensity as
light, moderate, heavy, extreme
no such thing as intense or severe precipitation intensity
When climbing above the tropopause, the specific fuel consumption of a turbojet will
begin to increase much above the tropopause
A bank angle of 30 degrees will increase drag by
33%
A bank angle of 15 degrees will increase drag by
7%
What weather feature occurs at altitude levels near the tropopause?
Maximum winds and narrow shear zones
Pilot management of risk can be improved
With practice and consistent use of basic and practical risk management tools.
When a speed adjustment is necessary to maintain separation, what minimum speed may ATC request of a turbine-powered aircraft operating below 10,000 feet?
210 knots.
What is the approximate landing weight? Weight (Start to alternate): 70,000 Distance (NAM): 190 Wind component (KTS): 40 TW Holding time at alt (min): 15
MID:
65,800
A pilot would consult a Convective Outlook (AC) to determine
the probability of convective or severe convective activity over the next 3 days.
It is important to combine the boundary layer control with flaps since
the flap deflection tents to reduce the angle of attack for maximum lift.
For an airplane with a relatively high thrust to weight ratio, a 10% increase in takeoff gross weight would result in a takeoff distance increase of approximately
21%
Why do some airplanes equipped with inboard ailerons and outboard ailerons use the outboard for slow flight only?
During low-speed flight, all lateral control surfaces operate to provide maximum stability
In addition to the localizer, glide slope, marker beacons, approach lighting, and HIRL, which ground components are required to be operative for a Category II instrument approach to a DH below 150 feet AGL?
TDZL, RCLS, RVR
TRR - TERRific
Identify the type stability if the aircraft attitude remains in the new position after the controls have been neutralized.
Neutral longitudinal static stability
An aircraft that encounters a headwind of 40 knots, within a microburst, may expect a total shear across the microburst of
80 knots
When a speed adjustment is necessary to maintain separation, what minimum speed may ATC request of a turbojet aircraft departing an airport?
230 knots.
In the mid-latitudes, wind speed in the jet stream averages considerably less in the
summer.
United States, in a geographical sense, means
The States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the possessions including the territorial waters and the airspace above those areas.
Constant Pressure Analysis Charts contain contours, isotherms, and some contain isotachs. The contours depict
ridges, lows, troughs, and highs aloft.
What is the lowest cloud in the stationary group associated with a mountain wave?
Rotor cloud.
Which reports are always required when on an IFR approach not in radar contact?
Leaving FAF inbound or outer marker inbound and missed approach
(Refer to appendix 2, figures 51 and 52.) What is the total time from starting to the alternate through completing the approach for Operating Conditions L-2? **
HIGH (55 minutes)
What type of frontal system is normally crossed by the jetstream?
Occluded front
What is the minimum en route altitude on V210, when crossing the POM VORTAC Southwest bound and continuing on the same airway?
5,300 feet.
When may a category II ILS limitation be removed?
When three CAT II ILS approaches have been completed to a 150-foot decision height and landing
While holding short of runway 36 at taxiway C, Tower clears you to ‘line up and wait runway 36.’ You should
advise tower you are at taxiway Charlie and taxi into position for take off
(Refer to appendix 2, figures 61 and 62.) What is the trip time for Operating X-5?
2 hours 55 minutes
The most likely condition in which to experience severe in-flight icing with ambient temperature below 0 degrees Celcius is
rain.
Where can the pilot of a flag air carrier find the latest FDC NOTAM’s?
Any company dispatch facility.
The horizontal wind shear, critical for turbulence (moderate or greater) per 150 miles is
greater than 18 knots.
What is ‘RIL’ the acronym for?
Runway INTERSECTION lights.
On the airway J10 between OBH and LBF, the MAA is 41,000 feet. What is that MAA on J197 between FSD and OBH?
45,000 feet.
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On a t-tail airplane, which control surface feature reduces overcontrolling the airplane during ground effect?
Antiservo trim tab.
A Precision Runway Monitoring (PRM) approach may require:
monitoring of two communication frequencies simultaneously.
